ACKLEY, IA (IRN) – An Iowa father accused of locking his son away in the basement has changed his mind about his trial. KCCI-TV reports Alex Shadlow of Ackley waived his right to a jury trial last month, but now he’s requesting one. He is accused of keeping his 8-year-old son confined for 9 hours a day in 2017. Shadlow’s fiancee Traci Tyler was sentenced to one year in jail last month.

ALTOONA, IA (IRN) – An Altoona man is in the Polk County Jail facing sexual abuse charges for allegedly abusing two young relatives. WHO-TV reports forty-four-year-old Jason Adkins was arrested Thursday. His victims were between the ages of 10 and 14 when the abuse took place. Since the investigation began, police have learned he has a criminal history of abuse in Georgia.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A fifth farmer has pleaded guilty to his role in an organic grain fraud scheme that involved at least $140 million in sales of grain. KGAN-TV reports grain grown on their non-organic fields was marketed and sold as organic and that unapproved substances were used on fields certified as organic.

CEDAR RAPIDS, IA (IRN) – A Cedar Rapids man tried to pay his court fine Friday morning, but he didn’t use cash or a check or credit card. KCRG-TV reports Brent Busch tried to use 45,500 pennies to pay a $455 fine for trespassing on railroad tracks in Cedar Rapids. Busch said he was trying to make a statement, but the clerk of court refused to take the pennies.